Universal #1609
Legacy number: 1609
| Number | 1605 |
| Original | Hierarchy of regressive nasalization: N# > N[+continuant] > N[-continuant] > N[+syllabic]. If vowels are nasalized before a nasal followed by any element of the hierarchy, then they are also nasalized before all elements listed in the hierarchy above that element. |
| Standardized | IF vowels are nasalized before nasals that are syllable-initial, THEN vowels are nasalized before a nasal followed by non-continuants. IF vowels are nasalized before a nasal followed by non-continuants, THEN also before a nasal followed by continuants. IF vowels are nasalized before a nasal followed by continuants, THEN vowels are nasalized when nasal is final. |
| Formula | N# > N[+continuant] > N[-continuant] > N[+syllabic] |
| Keywords | nasalization |
| Domain | phonology |
| Type | implicational hierarchy |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | languages mentioned in Schourup 1972 |
| Source | Schourup 1972: 542- 545, cited in Ferguson 1974: 12 |
Discussion
Counterexamples
? Judeo-Spanish of Bucharest (Schourup 1972)
Notes
Ferguson mentions Bavarian German and possibly Tillamook as examples (1974: 12).
Comment
Ferguson mentions Bavarian German and possibly Tillamook as examples (Ferguson 1974: 12).
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